HIRSCHEL, LEVI ELIAS:

German physician; born Oct. 8, 1741, at Berlin; died there Dec. 17, 1772; educated at the Joachimsthalsche Gymnasium in his native town and at the University of Halle (M.D. 1763). He practised medicine for two years in Berlin, then removed to Posen, and in 1770 traveled through Germany, returning to Posen. Visiting Berlin in 1772, he died there.